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When flying an airplane was no more than a reckless act, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly cross the Atlantic and the Pacific alone. Besides her exploits as a pilot, she wrote three books and many articles reporting on her trips, and become one of the primary promoters of aviation. Her last adventure was to fly around the world. Before arriving at the second-to-last phase of her itinerary, a storm ended her life and that of her copilot, Frederick J. Noonan.

In this harrowing and hilarious memoir, Jennette McCurdy, star of the television series iCarly and Sam & Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother -- and how she regained control of her life. This life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she first auditioned for her to act. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star and Jennette would have done anything to make her mother happy. So she did what her mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five...

Fascinante, reveladora y poderosa, Francotirador la asombrosa autobiografía del Capitán SEAL Chris Kyle, el francotirador que tuvo el récord más alto en la historia militar estadounidense. En Francotirador, Kyle relata la extraordinaria historia de su carrera que duró una década. El fascinante relato de cómo pasó de ser un cowboy de rodeos de Texas a ser un experto franco tirador y temido asesino, ofrece una perspectiva única de la guerra actual y una de las descripciones más profundas, reveladoras y jamás escritas del mundo secreto de Special Ops (Operaciones Especiales) de...

Laleyenda del amante uruguayo de Lorca narrada por Santiago Roncagliolo, Premio Alfaguara 2006 En 1953, el escritor uruguayo Enrique Amorim erigió un misterioso monumento en la frontera entre Uruguay y Argentina. El memorial tenía la forma de una lápida, y en su interior Amorim enterró un osario. El discurso inaugural y la correspondencia posterior sugieren que ahí yacían los restos de Federico García Lorca. Este libro comienza con el enigma de este monumento y luego pasa al enigma del propio Amorim. Millonario pero comunista, escritor pero hacendado, homosexual pero casado, uruguayo...